David E. Henkle: Token Collector, Author
"Tokens of Africa, Latin America and the West Indies"

(last updated .05-25-2026)

      This page is dedicated to my late brother David E. Henkle of Mishawaka, IN.   David E. Henkle (1937-2026), a coin collector starting when he was 10 years old, spent over 60 years of his life as a dedicated Token collector, and author of "Tokens of Africa, Latin America and the West Indies". This is the title of the over 3,000-page loose-leaf Catalog he self-published describing his collection and also every other known token for 90 countries. He gave away copies of his Checklists to anyone who asked for them. They were only available from him directly. Per page 1 of his Introduction for America, this Catalog was started in December 1980 with his Panama Checklist. Per page 1 of his Introduction for Africa, the African part was started in November 1986 with his South Africa Checklist. He continued updating pages of this Catalog until his death in May of 2026.

      The total number of pages is unknown to me at this time, and I have not yet found a Title page he might have made for the entire collection, so I have assigned a Title, "Tokens of Africa, Latin America and the West Indies", that encompasses the scope of the entire work. A work-in-progress, this page displays sample pages from his 348-page Checklist and 22-page Index of just the Tokens of Puerto Rico chapter. David's other Introduction, Bibliography, Sources, and Checklist pages can be viewed and/or downloaded as I have time to merge into PDFs the single page scans of the collection.

      The pages displayed are taken from the thumb drive Catalog copy he sent me in August 2021. Each page is a separate .JPG file. The format of the original edited document from which he took a screenshot of each page is also unknown at this time. For the 2021 edition of his Catalog I have, its total size is 3.25 GB comprised of 18,048 files in 780 folders, i.e., it does not exist as a single file merged together.

      I created all merged together PDF documents installed on this page. When David added a new token entry to a page, the last entry on that page got pushed to the top of the next page. At times he finalized a new "edition" of a country's entries, and saved those screenshot pages in a separate dated directory. Then he began working on the next edition. Therefore, a particular token could be found on different pages depending on which edition it appeared in. He indexed tokens based on the page it appeared in a specific dated edition, for example, he created 11 different editions for Bolivia. The 2021 thumb drive I received from him only included at most two editions for each country, even if there may have been more editions. When I gain access to his laptop, I hope to find that he saved every edition he created for every country. Only the latest dated edition I have will be installed on this page, not all editions.

Bibliography of David's published books:
      Wooden money of Latin America and the West Indies by David E. Henkle,
24 p., 2nd ed., June 13, 1995, LC: 1995-196509 {A}
      same, 1st ed. (date?) Wanted
      I am not aware of any others.

      Please note that this will be the only Numismatic page on this Philatelic website. As stipulated in his will, David's entire Token collection will be distributed back into the hands of other Token collectors by whatever appropriate Sale, Auction, or other process which is yet to be determined. When the method of distribution is decided, it will publicized here.
      The tokens you see on this page are for reference only. They are not for sale, yet. You may freely download copies of anything and everything on this page.

      Table of Contents (90 countries) -- References

1. Sample pages and scans from the
         David E. Henkle Puerto Rico Checklist and Collection
         Checklist 348 pages -- Index 22 pages -- Collection 1,368 scans in 66 City folders
         Checklist pages 1, 2, 59, 348 -- Index pages 1, 22 -- all Aguada, Aguadilla, and Aguas Buenas scans and 2 sample Aguada tokens
   

America -- All content displayed and all linked PDF/OCRs were written by David E. Henkle

!!IntroLat -- Introduction to the Checklist (America) (PDF/OCR), 21 pages (August 22, 1997)
!ReferLat -- References: Latin America and West Indies (PDF/OCR), 43 pages (November 2013) --
!SourcLat -- Sources: Latin America and West Indies (PDF/OCR), 15 pages (December 2013)
1. Anguilla -- Checklist 1 page (PDF/OCR) (March 2007, 1st ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 2 scans
2. Antigua -- Checklist 3 pages (PDF/OCR) (May 1991, 4th ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 11 scans
3. Argentina -- Checklist 97 pages -- Index 7 pages (PDF/OCR) (March 1994, 7th ed.) -- Collection 448 scans
4. Bahamas -- Checklist 29 pages -- Index 3 pages (PDF/OCR) (May 1991, 6th ed.) -- -- Collection 80 scans
5. Barbados -- Checklist 8 pages (PDF/OCR) (October 1997, 4th ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 11 scans
6. Belize (British Honduras) -- Checklist 3 pages (PDF/OCR) (January 1991, 3rd ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 5 scans
7. Bermuda -- Checklist 9 pages (PDF/OCR) (November 1997, 4th ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 27 scans
8. Bolivia -- Checklist 34 pages -- Index 5 pages (PDF/OCR) (November 1990, l1th ed.) -- Collection 121 scans
9. Brazil -- Checklist 334 pages -- Index 24 pages (PDF/OCR) (April 1988, 9th ed.) -- Checklist 334 pages -- Index 24 pages -- Collection 1,433 scans in 26 City folders
10. British Virgin Islands -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 7 pages (PDF/OCR) (November 10, 2008, 3rd ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 6 scans
11. Chile -- Checklist 257 pages -- Index 24 pages -- Collection 617 scans in 17 City folders
12. Colombia -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 137 pages -- Index 10 pages -- Collection 175 scans
13. Costa Rica -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 116 pages -- Index 8 pages -- Collection 513 scans in 2 folders
14. Cuba -- Checklist 98 pages -- Index 5 pages -- Collection 209 scans
15. Danish West Indies (including U.S.V.I.) -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 37 pages -- Index 2 pages -- Collection 124 scans
16. Dominica -- Checklist 1 page (PDF/OCR) (February 1992, 1st ed.) -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 4 scans
17. Dominican Republic -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 35 pages -- Index 3 pages -- Collection 94 scans
18. Ecuador -- Checklist 22 pages -- Index 2 pages (PDF/OCR) (October 2013, 6th ed.) -- Collection 41 scans
19. El Salvador -- Checklist 119 pages -- Index 8 pages -- Collection 183 scans
20. Grenada -- Checklist 1 page -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 0 scans
21. Guadeloupe -- Checklist 4 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 1 scans
22. Guatemala -- Intro, Bibliog, Checklist 177 pages -- Index 22 pages -- Collection 900 scans in 2 folders
23. Guyana -- Checklist 5 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 10 scans
(work-in-progress)
24. Haiti -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
25. Honduras -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
26. Jamaica -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
27. Martinique -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
28. Mexico -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
29. Netherlands Antilles -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
30. Nicaragua -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
31. Panama -- Checklist 52 pages -- Index 7 pages (PDF/OCR) (December 1987, 8th ed.) -- Collection 112 scans
32. Paraguay -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
33. Peru -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
34. Puerto Rico -- Checklist 348 pages -- Index 22 pages -- Collection 1,368 scans in 66 City folders
35. Saint Kitts -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
36. Saint Lucia -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
37. Saint Vincent -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
38. Surinam -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
39. Trinidad and Tobago -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
40. Uruguay -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans
41. Venezuela -- Checklist pages -- Index pages -- Collection scans

Africa -- All content displayed and all linked PDF/OCRs were written by David E. Henkle

!!IntroAfr -- Introduction to the Checklist (Africa) (PDF/OCR), 9 pages (March 21, 2007)
!ReferAfr -- References (Africa) (PDF/OCR), 10 pages (March 2007)
!SourcAfr -- 4 pages
1. Algeria -- Checklist 53 pages -- Index 7 pages -- Collection 92 scans
2. Angola -- Checklist 5 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 5 scans
3. Azores -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 3 scans
4. Botswana -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 2 scans
5. Cameroon -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 2 scans
6. Canary Islands -- Checklist 1 page -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 1 scan
7. Cape Verde Islands -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 0 scans
8. Comoro Islands -- Checklist 3 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 5 scans
9. Congo -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 0 scans
10. Djibouti -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 3 scans
11. Egypt -- Checklist 27 pages -- Index 2 pages -- Collection 110 scans
12. Ethiopia -- Checklist 6 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 11 scans
13. Gabon -- Checklist 8 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 13 scans
14. Ghana -- Checklist 2 pages -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 4 scans
15. Guinea -- Checklist 1 page -- Index 0 pages -- Collection 0 scans
(work-in-progress)
16. Ivory Coast
17. Kenya
18. Lesotho
19. Liberia
20. Libya
21. Madagascar
22. Madeira
23. Malawi
24. Mali
25. Mauritania
26. Mauritius
27. Morocco
28. Mozambique
29. Namibia
30. Nigeria
31. Reunion
32. Rwanda
33. S Tomé E Principe
34. Saint Helena
35. Seychelles
36. Sierra Leone
37. Somalia
38. South Africa -- Checklist 159 pages -- Index 16 pages -- Collection 253 scans
39. Sudan
40. Swaziland
41. Sénégal
42. Tanzania
43. Tchad
44. Togo
45. Tunisia
46. Uganda
47. Zaire
48. Zambia
49. Zimbabwe

• Henkle, David E. -- 6-19-1937 Urbana, IL - 5-12-2026 Mishawaka, IN -- American numismatist, Token Collector (the subject of this page) -- Palmer Funeral Homes Obituary
• Higgie, Lincoln W. -- 8-25-1904 Racine, WI - 5-28-1999 Kenosha, WI -- American numismatist, Author -- Find A Grave
• Rulau, Russell (Alphonse) -- 9-21-1926 Chicago, IL – 11-12-2012 Iola, WI -- American numismatist, Author -- Wikipedia
• Wood, Howland -- 5-30-1877 New Bedford, MA - ?-??-1938 Flushing, Queens, NY -- American numismatist, Author -- Wikipedia

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